DO YOU THINK DON IMUS SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED?

[THE SHRINK]

I 'd love to hear what some of you think...

I feel very strongly about this and will share why I DON'T believe he should have been fired when I am not so sleepy....

Ken

[playersonly69]

I dont think that he should have been fired at all. Really i had never even heard of the guy until this shit happened. I would imagine that 80% of the USA had never even heard of him either until this. For sponsors and his station, that is troubling that the ONLY THING that people know about this cat is that he is an idiot. I might have actually tried to find his show on the radio if he was still on. But I wouldnt have known where to look for his show anyway.



At first, I had thought that he might have said this on purpose. It creates media hysteria and would thus increase his audience by 50000% if that is even a number. But he will be back somewhere in the future

[gmon]

FIRED FOR WHAT ? SAYING THOSE THREE WORDS.
BOTTOMLINE IS AS IT ALWAYS IS......... MONEY. DON IMUS AND HIS HIS SHOW HAS BEEN SLIPPING IN THE RATINGS FOR QUITE SOME TIME. FOR YEARS WHEN HE HAD THE MORNING DRIVE'S BIGGEST NUMBERS, HE COULD SAY WHATEVER HE WANTED AND THE ADVERTISERS KEPT HIM AT THE MICROPHONE. BUT WHEN GENERAL MOTORS, STAPLES AND A COUPLE OTHERS JUMPED SHIP, IMUS WAS SUNK.

WHAT GETS ME IS, IT WASN'T UNTIL THREE DAYS AFTER WHAT HE SAID WHEN THIS THING REALLY GOT ROLLING AND WHAT FOLLOWED WAS WORSE. THE RUTGERS COACH AT HER PRESS CONFERENCE GOING ON FOR 30 MINUTES ABOUT THE TEAMS ARDUOUS SEASON AND THERE DEDICATION AND THE HARD WORK AND THE LONG TRAINING AND THE INADEQUATE HOTELS AND THE BRUTAL SCHEDULE AND THE MEDIOCRE FOOD AND THE AWFUL RIMS AND THE CRUMMY REFEREES AND THE CRAPPY BUS RIDES AND THE DREADFUL AWAY GAMES AND THE SLEAZY RECRUITING AND THE CHEESY MEDIA PROBES AND BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH,BLAH.........
AND DON'T FORGET.........LET THE HEALING BEGIN.

[maverick]

hypocrisy at its best in the USA............

When he gets rehired at another place I will tune in.............

[maverick]

Originally Posted by playersonly69

I dont think that he should have been fired at all. Really i had never even heard of the guy until this shit happened. I would imagine that 80% of the USA had never even heard of him either until this. For sponsors and his station, that is troubling that the ONLY THING that people know about this cat is that he is an idiot. I might have actually tried to find his show on the radio if he was still on. But I wouldnt have known where to look for his show anyway.



At first, I had thought that he might have said this on purpose. It creates media hysteria and would thus increase his audience by 50000% if that is even a number. But he will be back somewhere in the future

Far from an idiot........he had guests on his show from everywhere.......sports, music, politics etc.etc.etc

If you had never heard of Don Imus then I would have to say then you need to get out a bit.........he has been around since the 70's and has been very influential in the political scene........lots of politicians went on his show for the publicity.......they dont do that for no reason

[dirty]

I would say 80% of the people in the US have heard of Imus... if you haven't you are a Recluse....

[WildBill]

If people were so outraged, they should have just not tuned him in. People on the radio are paid to be controversial. People on TV are paid to look good and be politically correct.

[The Devil]

PLAYERS....IMUS HAS BEEN ON THE RADIO FOREVER.......MAYBE MORE LIKE 20% OF THE PEOPLE NEVER HEARD OF HIM........

HE SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID WHAT HE SAID........IF HE DID IT IN A NIGHT CLUB ACT PEOPLE WOULD HAVE LAUGHED......SAME AS THEY DO WHEN ALL THE BLACK AND WHITE COMICES USE RACE IN THEIR ACT.......PEOPLE ARE MUCH TO SENSITIVE ABOUT THESE TYPES OF LINES........I HEAR ITALIAN JOKES ALL THE TIME....I LAUGH.....I TELL POLISH JOKES......I LAUGH.....I DON'T THINK IMUS SHOULD HAVE BEEN SINGLED OUT FOR SOMETHING THAT A BARKLEY OR A RAPPER CAN GET AWAY WITH.......

[maverick]

People should look into what he does for kids with terminal cancer with his ranch in New Mexico.........thats doesnt make what he said right but it shows a person where his heart is.........he sure went out his way in his apology...........

I guess I just really thought his apology was sincere and not just a bunch of BS...........Just my opinion.........

Another thing about his ratings..........he was on at like 6am to 9am in the morning on the east coast so in that time slot I would imagine it would be pretty early for some..........not the most desireable time slot for the best ratings.........

[dirty]

Morning Drive in the East Coast is a Prime Spot.. Most people would Kill for that or Afternoon Drive.. 2 highest profile times to be on the Radio..


6-10 AM and 3-7 PM

I know when I used to buy ad time on the Radio that was when the Highest rates are, becuase that is the prime spots

That is why some shows end at 9 so the ones that follow in the 9/10-12/1 spot will get some of that large audience and they hope they can keep them

[maverick]

Originally Posted by dirty

Morning Drive in the East Coast is a Prime Spot.. Most people would Kill for that or Afternoon Drive.. 2 highest profile times to be on the Radio..


6-10 AM and 3-7 PM

I know when I used to buy ad time on the Radio that was when the Highest rates are, becuase that is the prime spots

I am on MST and the MSNBC similcast was like 3-7 in the morning so maybe the radio show is at a different time.......

If he was on at say 9am eastern then he would be on at 7am here but the MSNBC is off at 7am

[playersonly69]

Originally Posted by The Devil

PLAYERS....IMUS HAS BEEN ON THE RADIO FOREVER.......MAYBE MORE LIKE 20% OF THE PEOPLE NEVER HEARD OF HIM........

HE SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID WHAT HE SAID........IF HE DID IT IN A NIGHT CLUB ACT PEOPLE WOULD HAVE LAUGHED......SAME AS THEY DO WHEN ALL THE BLACK AND WHITE COMICES USE RACE IN THEIR ACT.......PEOPLE ARE MUCH TO SENSITIVE ABOUT THESE TYPES OF LINES........I HEAR ITALIAN JOKES ALL THE TIME....I LAUGH.....I TELL POLISH JOKES......I LAUGH.....I DON'T THINK IMUS SHOULD HAVE BEEN SINGLED OUT FOR SOMETHING THAT A BARKLEY OR A RAPPER CAN GET AWAY WITH.......

Well I had actually heard of him since I saw him on MSNBC last year or so once. But he isnt on the radio around here that I know of before he said this

[Rxx]

Originally Posted by WildBill

If people were so outraged, they should have just not tuned him in. People on the radio are paid to be controversial. People on TV are paid to look good and be politically correct.

People on radio and TV are paid to entertain. The stations have to sell advertisements to pay people to entertain; unless of course listeners are subscribers who are then paying indirectly in that route. If I, as CBS, see my revenues suddenly drop because they dont want to sponsor a show anymore then i have a fiduciary duty to my shareholders and an ethical duty to my audience to reevaluate Imus.
Imus personalized an offensive rant on a group of people who did absolutely nothing to deserve such. It isnt like Chris Rock or various rappers making commentary in a generic sense.
I wont be surprised if Imus lands in the world of satelite radio. I dont begrudge his ability to generate an audience and find work in radio but I also dont bedgrudge CBS for fining his ass either.

[marlboro8425]

if black people didnt have nappy heads, would this even be a subject?

[dirty]

marlboro...this is several uncalled for remarks you have made against Blacks.... Keep the racist comments to yourself or you will be on Post review... Their is no place for it here

[nedrow]

-no body had his backn where was herold ford
-no fire
-was very wrong to say anything bad about kids that just played for an ncaa champship. i wont even metion race ,there great kids.
-2 weeks was right

[Chuck Luck]

AL SHARPTON SHOULD BE FIRED..... MAYBE "AT"...

THIS GUY MAKES ME SICK.

ANYTHING THAT'S JUST A LITTLE RACIST AND THIS FUCK IS IN FRONT OF EVERY CAMERA.

DO YOU THING HE WOULD WELCOME ME IN HIS CHURCH? HA. WHERE IS HIS CHURCH?

MAYBE I SHOULD BECOME REV. CHUCK LUCK........

[Cannon]

IMUS has sucked for years. They were glad to fire him to get out of the contacts they had with him. He had no audience. Nobody was listening to that redneck jerk anyway. They should probe into all the money he got from donations and spent it on himself and his ranch. I know a guy that knows him well in New Mexico where his ranch is. He has been running that charity scam for personal gain for years. Glad the jerkoff is off the air.

[Cannon]

Al Sharpton needs to be in the movies he is funny as hell. What does he do for money to live on?

[RiverRat]

It was a joke that he lost his job. Freedom of speech that's what this country was build on. I didn't hear Rev Al or Jesse Jackson getting upset when NWA said Fck the Police or kill whitey in there rap music.

People need to relax with all this PC nonsesne!!

[Vanshady]

Of course he shoulda been fired, how is this even a debate...

Freedom of speech was intended to give protection to citizen's from incarceration from the US governement. And it does just that. If you want to abuse that freedom to say dumb redneck racist comments you are free to do so, but don't tell me you can say whatever you want and be consequence free because 'we have freedom of speech"... that is not a hall pass to say racist shit with no reprocussions...

People lose thier jobs for pissing positive for weed, surfing internet porn, all kinds of other dumb shit, if anyone is giving a rats ass or coming to defence of a guy you says what he said on air and lost his job for it, you need your head examined...

[Chuck Luck]

cannon...

\glad to see that we agree on nothing. makes me feel better.